News
E-claims go ahead.
Lloyd's has given the go ahead for the electronic claims system Claims Loss Advice and Settlement Sy...
Gherkin gets green light
Swiss Re has been given the go-ahead to build its UK headquarters on the site of the former Baltic Ex...
Prudential internet bank fraud: Three arrested
Three men have been released on police bail after being questioned about an attempted fraud involving...
Motor premiums set to rocket
Latest research from market researchers Mintel predicts motor insurance premiums are set to rise by 2...
Scottish Mutual International looks East
Scottish Mutual International has set its sight on further global growth after launching in Austria. ...
CE&B announces name change
As from 1 September, loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle will change its name to Cunningham Linds...
Royal Liver in Friends Provident deal
Royal Liver Assurance announced today that it is to buy Friend's Provident's Personal Financial Servi...
RSA commercial relocates to London
Royal & SunAlliance is planning to move the headquarters of its UK commercial division to London from...
Ace Group's outlook 'positive'
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has revised its outlook on the companies in the Bermuda-based Ace Gro...
ERC Frankona to become GE Frankona Re
US-based Employers Re has announced that the comanies that make up ERC Frankona, its European subsidi...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was interested to see Michael Dawson, chairman of Cox, and his acquisitions director shaking h...
Barclays joins premier IFA league.
The new group formed by Barclays' planned £5.3bn acquisition of Woolwich looks set to become a serio...
Appointment at Crutes.
Helen Mackenow has joined Crutes' Newcastle office as a trainee solicitor. Having completed the init...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has recruited Sylvia Kay as development manager of claims operations. Ms Kay will be responsible...
Fueling the hire.
Non-fault assistance company Three Arrows has added a pre-paid fuel scheme to its service to save cl...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Aguardsman, injured when he went 'surfing' on the tailgate of an army lorry a...
Harry Enfield's new show.
The name's Bond, Rodney Bond ... licence to sell pensions. This new Harry Enfield character, an insu...
Appointment at CMG.
CMG has promoted Mike Woods to associate director. Mr Woods, based in Bristol, will be responsible f...
Appointment at Crawford & Co.
Paul Geelmuyden has been appointed general manager of Crawford & Company's Taiwan branch. His duties...
XL excels in 2000.
Bermuda-based XL Capital saw net income up 127% for the second quarter of this year at $142.5m (£90m...
Avon has a ball.
Winners of this season's Post Magazine/Avon Insurance football ticket competition will have a greate...
Gates teams up with W&P for better property.
Liability adjuster Gates Adjusting Partnership has teamed up with surveyors Workman and Partners to ...
Settling St Paul's strategic syndicate stance.
It was with some concern that I read your article "Syndicates set for merger" (PM, 10 August, p3), w...
New Link for Egg Insure
Egg Insure has named Kiln's general insurance syndicate Link Insurance at the tenth member of its ins...